Life gets better once you realize that every time you feel scared of doing something, it means the current you is not fully up to the task, it also means that you are about to grow as a person: you just need to stop overthinking your current limitations, get started, and push.
Enjoyment is the best metric for efficiency.
Most people think that getting things done quickly is efficient, but a fast car is not always the most efficient car. The way you know that it took the least amount of energy to get things done is how much you enjoyed it.
Laziness is a habit of thinking about the effort instead of thinking about the outcome. Reverse laziness by thinking about the payoff after the effort.
it’s hard for cerebral people to understand how crucial it is to learn by doing rather than thinking and the more uncertain you are about doing the thing the more you’re about to learn
"Perfection is impossible.
In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches.
But what percentage of points did I win?
54%
In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half... See more
World-class performers don’t have superpowers.
The rules they’ve crafted for themselves allow the bending of reality to such an extent that it may seem that way, but they’ve learned how to do this, and so can you.
These “rules” are often uncommon habits and bigger questions.... See more